Studied at L`Ecole Nationale Des Arts from 1911 – 1914, she worked closely under Jules Chadel and Yoshyiro Urushibara. Germaine was very keen in learning design techniques used in China and Japan, which were little practised in Europe at this time.
In 1936 she joined La Societe Des Artistes where she met Paul Bonet. Such was her talent that he included Germaines Works, in all his Salons.
Her work with Helene Dumas is recognised internationally, especially her engravings on paper.
Germaine was made, Chevalier de la Legion d`Honneur in 1946.